Not when Clinton left office " Total federal employment, excluding postal employees and temporary census workers, had fallen to 1.87 million by the time Clinton left office in January 2001, from 2.31 million eight years earlier. " No surplus there.
Now !
" Before Trump returned to the White House in January, the federal workforce had grown to a record 2.42 million, excluding census and postal workers. Hiring rose sharply in the last year and a half of the Biden administration.
"Government employment also rose during Trump’s first four years in office, but by a relatively small 80,000 to a total of 2.28 million."
So we can thank the Democrats and Republican Presidents after Clinton and also Trump for adding to the govt workforce if that is what you are getting at.
In response to job cutting, I am just reading article in local paper, by AP journalist Nicholas Riccardi, talking about Clints job cuttings.
Yes, his administration did do that, not over the first week but through the whole of the administration, carefully understanding and analyzing the process. And this was bipartisan effort and through legislation. They cut 400,00 jobs.
However, this process, cutting those workers, didn't save any money as the government had to hire contractors to do the work.
So, what is the end goal here, today? Musk will be the contractor.
